I’m back blogging!!! And today talking: hungry boys!!
You may have noticed that our blog has
been very quite recently, well the past couple of months really! That is
because the heat was totally turned up on the Masters course I was doing! After
Christmas the workload really increased and I had to zero time to do anything
fun. But now I’m back!! I handed in my portfolio (similar to a thesis) at the
end of April, and it only now were getting back to normality! I have been
trying to keep our instagram account up to date, so for a quick synopsis on the
last few months, cheek that out.
I am going to do a post soon on my experience as a student
working mom doing a Masters that was incredibly academically and emotional
intense. But for now I’m concentrating on the fun things!
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| I'm a hungry growing boy! |
Devoting most hours of most days to study,(Baby bear was
with his lovely child-minder), I
completely failed to notice the amount of food Baby Bear eats theses days! His
appetite has really come on. Maybe it’s a growth spurt, or him just being a boy
but what ever it is its great! He’s eating everything! (well….most things!!) We
have Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner sorted- we have loads of dishes to make that
we all enjoy etc. Snacks are my problem! You know that time between breakfast
and lunch, lunch and dinner and dinner and tea- well Baby Bear eats at all
these intervals! He’s great on fruit, so lots of novelty ways of eating fruit
are tried and tested. Nuts and raisins are also good. But then what else can I
give him to keep him ticking over? It needs to be lunch box friendly, that can
be picked up running out the door to the playground, Granny’s etc...?? It also
needs to be dairy free! I welcome all ideas. I’m on a mission to find and make
healthy snacks to keep Baby Bear (and me and Daddy Bear!) ticking over! Any
ideas I try will be posted in the ‘Diary Free Recipes’ tab!
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| How our Muesli Bars turned out. |
Today we tried Granny Jane’s Muesli Bars. Any time we go to
Granny Jane’s in Kilkenny she has lovely baking done. These Muesli bars are
always delish so I gave them a go (recipe in ‘Dairy Free Tab’). They turned out
lovely, not as nice as Granny Jane’s so must ask her for tips at the weekend.
Baby Bear and I have just had one with a cup of tea and honestly I’m stuffed!
They are a bit crumbly so maybe next time ill put more coconut oil. I’m not convinced
about the ‘healthiness’ part however. There is a lot of sugar and honey, and
there are also coconut flakes, which a friend said could be high in fat! Eek!!!
There is some goodness in them though as they are packed with seeds and nuts! Look
it ,it’s better than a bar of chocolate, keeps up ticking over until dinner,
recipe makes a good patch that are easy to grab and go, so for my first day of
the healthy snack mission, its not a bad start at all!
Ill try again tomorrow and let you know how it goes. Would
love any ideas for other recipes.
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